My Tires are Boated ? !

Aubrey N Bruneau · 07-10-2011, 09:29 AM

Naah, Jack... nothing to move back there.
I ended up removing the whee;s/tires, and edentifying exactly where the contact was being made on the inner side of the outer wheel well panel ( these cars of course have a full "tub".
Wasn't much, but both sides, definitely a problem, same area, about 4" long.
It was a little crude, but I simply "squeezed" the inner panel at that spot, a little closer to the outside ( MAYBE 1/4" ).
Seems fine now.
I'll put a shade of chalk on the sidewall of the tire ( at the maximum section width ), and drive the car a bit to make sure.

Radials ?
I dunno man
With this thing, the temperature, track, and all the cloud-to-sun ratio has to be perfect, or it spins the tires off !

07-10-2011, 09:29 AM	#1
Aubrey N Bruneau Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: South Eastern Alberta, Canada Posts: 311 Likes: 6 Liked 7 Times in 3 Posts	Re: My Tires are Boated ? ! Naah, Jack... nothing to move back there. I ended up removing the whee;s/tires, and edentifying exactly where the contact was being made on the inner side of the outer wheel well panel ( these cars of course have a full "tub". Wasn't much, but both sides, definitely a problem, same area, about 4" long. It was a little crude, but I simply "squeezed" the inner panel at that spot, a little closer to the outside ( MAYBE 1/4" ). Seems fine now. I'll put a shade of chalk on the sidewall of the tire ( at the maximum section width ), and drive the car a bit to make sure. Radials ? I dunno man With this thing, the temperature, track, and all the cloud-to-sun ratio has to be perfect, or it spins the tires off ! __________________ Aubrey N Bruneau 6409 C/S 62 BelAir sport coupe, 409 HP 409